1. Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in New York City.
23 Facts About Denny Chin
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Denny Chin was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench.
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Denny Chin was confirmed on April 22,2010, by the United States Senate, filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D Sack who assumed senior status.
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Denny Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
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Denny Chin was born in 1954 in Kowloon, Hong Kong and came to the US in 1956.
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In 1978, Denny Chin graduated from Fordham University School of Law with a Juris Doctor, where he was the Managing Editor of the Fordham Law Review.
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Denny Chin currently teaches first year Legal Writing at Fordham as an adjunct professor.
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Denny Chin was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District from 1982 to 1986.
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Denny Chin received his judicial commission on April 23,2010.
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Denny Chin was sworn in as a Circuit Judge on April 26,2010.
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In 2001, Denny Chin rejected a motion by the Parents Television Council to dismiss a lawsuit that the World Wrestling Federation filed against it.
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Denny Chin's ruling came on the grounds that WWF had a sound basis in suing the PTC over defamation, interference with business, and copyright infringement.
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In Fox v Franken, Chin denied Fox News Channel an injunction against Al Franken's Book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.
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Denny Chin presided over the criminal prosecution of Larry Stewart, the handwriting expert who was accused of committing perjury during the trial of Martha Stewart.
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Denny Chin presided over the criminal trial of Pak Dong-seon in connection with Pak's alleged involvement in the scandal surrounding the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.
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Denny Chin dismissed the suit Sam Sloan vs Paul Truong and Susan Polgar in which Sloan accused Susan Polgar and Paul Truong of posting thousands of obscene "Fake Sam Sloan" remarks in his name over a two-year period in an effort to win election to the board of the United States Chess Federation.
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Denny Chin presided over the criminal trial of Oscar Wyatt, the Texas oil executive accused of making kick-backs to the Saddam Hussein regime during the UN Oil-For-Food Program.
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Denny Chin was assigned the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement case on January 8,2009, after the death of the previous supervising judge.
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On March 23,2011, Denny Chin rejected Google's plan to digitize every book published, saying the plan violated copyright laws.
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In 2012, Denny Chin presided over the criminal sentencing of Anil Kumar, a senior executive of McKinsey and Company in the Galleon Group insider trading investigation.
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In 2016, Denny Chin joined the panel that upheld Tom Brady's suspension by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for the Deflatgate scandal.
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Denny Chin explained that imposing the maximum sentence on Madoff was appropriate because he had concluded that Madoff's crimes were "staggering" and "extraordinary evil" and wanted the sentence to have a stronger deterrent effect.
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In 2020, when he was dying of cancer, Madoff made a bid for "compassionate release" that Denny Chin fully rejected, citing Madoff's lack of remorse, the fact that hundreds of his victims wrote letters requesting he remain in prison and only 20 people wrote letters supporting his release bid, and the fact that his intention was for Madoff to die in prison and nothing in 11 years had changed his mind.